Elemental Box vs Sandspiel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elemental Box
Engage in a sandbox game focused on realistic physical simulations. Experiment with various shapes and materials to observe their unique interactions and transformations. This app offers a creative space for exploration and discovery through physics.
- Physical simulation
- Material interaction
- Shape manipulation
- Sandbox gameplay
- Real-time physics
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Physical simulation game that enjoys real physical operation of each shape and change in each material.
Sandspiel
Experiment with a physics sandbox where you can place various elements like sand, water, and fire to observe complex chain reactions. This creative toy encourages exploration and discovery through simulated interactions, offering a calming and reflective play experience.
- Falling sand physics simulation
- Place diverse interactive elements
- Observe complex chain reactions
- Creative sandbox for experimentation
- Calm reflection and healing gameplay
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Sandspiel is a falling sand physics simulator. It is creative toy where players can place elements (like sand, water, fire, plants, etc.) and watch them interact according to simulated physics rules. The game lets you paint with elements and observe surprisingly complex chain reactions: water flows and pools, fire spreads and consumes, plants grow and creep, sand piles up. It's a sandbox for experimentation with no goals beyond play and discovery. Sandspiel embodies constructivist principles — giving you tools to explore and discover rather than explicit objectives to complete, and facilitates calm reflection and healing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sandspiel at 5.0 against Elemental Box's 4.2. Sandspiel also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Elemental Box's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sandspiel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elemental Box has 63 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Elemental Box's written reviews are positive against 86% of Sandspiel's.
Elemental Box ships an update every 4 months, Sandspiel daily. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elemental Box | Sandspiel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (63 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.1% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAN-BALL | Max Bittker |
Customer experience
Elemental Box
Sandspiel
In-app purchases
Elemental Box
No in-app purchases
Sandspiel
No in-app purchases
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